Huh? Is this bloke serious?
The article Top Vatican judge doubles down against four Cardinals: ‘They gave the Pope a slap in the face’ refers to Msgr Pio Vito Pinto, whom the article introduces as follows:ROME, December 2, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The head of the Vatican’s highest appeals court has doubled down on his criticism of the four Cardinals calling for clarification of Amoris Laetitia, telling another news agency that their act amounted to a "slap in the face."
The “highest appeals court” is, of course, the Roman Rota, the Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae, and what amounts to a hissy fit coming from such an office does the Office and the Church not the slightest bit of good. Characterising the use of a centuries-old tradition of raising dubia by four eminent members of the Church hierarchy as a slap in the face tells us more about Msgr Pinto’s character than the worth of the dubia. As a lawyer, one would expect a reasoned response rather than hysterical hyperbole.
Msgr. Vito Pinto had called the dubia a “very serious scandal” only days ago, in comments reported by Spanish news agency Religión Confidencial.
And in regard to “a very serious scandal”, if scandal can be described as “an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil”, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it, how is it that the attempt by the four Cardinals to clarify those parts of Amoris laetitia that have caused widespread confusion and distress among the Catholic faithful can truly be classed as scandalous? The intention of the Cardinals was very obviously an attempt to lead people away from sin, rather than towards it. Again, as a lawyer, Msgr. Pinto’s loose-to-the-point-of-gross-inaccuracy use of the term “scandal” leaves one wondering whether he is truly suited to the exalted position he holds.
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